Linux OTC
Linux “Off The Cuff”
Episodes
May 6, 2024 • 61 mins
This week we start out on Majid's not so great experience with Endeavour OS. This spirals out of control into a back and forth with Bill dying on the Arch Linux hill. We have discussions about Snaps, Flatpaks, Atomic Desktops, and a whole lot more!
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April 22, 2024 • 54 mins
Cryptocurrency, Block Chain, and the problems inherent to funding in Opensource. We solve the world's problems in one hour or less!
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April 19, 2024 • 1 min
This is just an announcement about some changes to the way we deliver the episodes
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April 8, 2024 • 43 mins
I ain't gonna lie folks - this one's a train wreck, and you'll see for your self. We did get into a pretty cool conversation about game emulation. Bill ordered one of those little Linux based personal game pads which comes pre-installed with a staggering number of games. That erodes into a back and forth about stuff like D&D as well as Magic The Gathering. As the title suggests, it's a hot mess, but we had a lot of fun none the les...
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March 11, 2024 • 61 mins
Bill, Leo, and Majid get into first impressions of KDE Plasma 6. That conversation. We talk a little about the best (in our opinion) launchers for Linux desktops. We talk a little about our memories of Windows Vista, 7, and 8. Leo, and Majid hash it out over touchpad gestures. We get into an article on OMG Ubuntu about UXPlay, a tool for mirroring iOS on Linux. Bill talks a little about Xbox cloud gaming. We round it all off talkin...
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February 26, 2024 • 52 mins
Just Bill and Majid this go-around. This week we get into a little bit of what has inevitably brought us back to stable distros. What we make of things like Arch and Manjaro. This all leads to a hypothetical discussion about packaging formats and big business. These things, and a whole lot more!
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January 29, 2024 • 50 mins
Well gee wiz we start by talking about food, and Bill's new medication. That morphs into a discussion about Docker, and Bill's recent experience with the Collabora CODE server image. We end up getting into the up-comming Plasma 6 release and some of the things we expect from the KDE desktop.
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January 15, 2024 • 71 mins
This week we're joined by a special guest. Dave Hart from 3 Fat Truckers joins us for a discussion about the future of technology in general, and how we interact with our devices.
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December 18, 2023 • 75 mins
It's just Eric and Bill for this one. From tech used in the trucking industry to a discussion about packaging formats and the culture around distributions like Arch Linux, this episode is all over the place. We had a good time though!
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December 4, 2023 • 70 mins
This week we get into the fun and frustrations of audio editing. We discuss some of the strategies and pitfalls specific to editing podcasts. That conversation somehow segways into mobile devices, AI, and other emerging technologies. All of that, and a whole lot more!
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November 20, 2023 • 61 mins
VR, iphones, Retro games, and our decaying interest in Marvel movies. All of this and a whole lot more!
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November 6, 2023 • 56 mins
This week we get into Majid's Feren OS. We talk a little about Plasma on Wayland. We reminisce about Windows Phone, and Blackberry. We go off the rails about Fedora, Gnome and the like. All of this as well as the usual banter!
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October 23, 2023 • 65 mins
It's Bill, Eric, and Leo this week. We get into some ideas about how to improve our Linux podcasts. We get into a a discussion about Snaps, the AUR, Markdown editors, and so much more!
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September 26, 2023 • 66 mins
Ok -- Let's try this again; No Norbert again this episode, but we get into all kinds of stuff. We talk about streaming platforms, ads on podcasts. We talk about stuff like super hero shows, dissecting the concept of the multiverse. We go back and forth over the value of using distros like Arch or Gentoo. We get into the time-honored conversation about convergence. All of this and so much more!
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September 25, 2023 • 1 min
this is just a short clip to let everyone know I screwed up episode 17. I'm going to re-do it and re-release. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Be expecting the new episode within the next 24 hours
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September 25, 2023 • 42 secs
No Norbert again this episode, but we get into all kinds of stuff. We talk about streaming platforms, ads on podcasts. We talk about stuff like super hero shows, dissecting the concept of the multiverse. We go back and forth over the value of using distros like Arch or Gentoo. We get into the time-honored conversation about convergence. All of this and so much more!
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September 11, 2023 • 74 mins
This week Norbert couldn't make the show but we were joined by Majid, and Eric from mintCast fame. We get into discussions about bloat, Linux on mobile, user interfaces, and a whole lot more!
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August 14, 2023 • 74 mins
This week we get into some feedback as well as a discussion about system bloat, getting rid of it; and should we get rid of it. We get into Distrobox a little and discuss why it's different from other containerized application solutions. All of that and a whole lot more!
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July 17, 2023 • 58 mins
This week we're a man short, but we soldier on none the less. We continue our conversation about Red Hat's decision to limit access to their source code, and the impact that will no doubt have on the enterprise space. We also get into Fedora's recent "announcement" that they are considering working on building a frame work for "ethical telemetry." All that, and so much more!
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July 3, 2023 • 46 mins
This week we get into Red Hat's recent announcement that they're no longer going to provide direct access to their source code, potentially creating a problem for clones of Red Had Enterprise Linux, such as Alma Linux, or Rocky Linux.
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